蠅取草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠅 取 草
はえ
Hyōgaiji		 と(り)
Grade: 3		 そう
Grade: 1
Kanji in this term
蠅 取 草
はえ
Hyōgaiji		 と(り)
Grade: 3		 くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

蠅 (hae, “fly”) +‎ 取り (tori, stem of 取る (toru, “to eat”)) +‎ 草 (kusa, sō, “grass”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はえとりそー [hàétórísóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠e̞to̞ɾʲiso̞ː]

Noun

蠅取草 (hiragana はえとりぐさ, katakana ハエトリグサ, rōmaji haetorigusa, historical hiragana はへとりぐさ, historical katakana ハエトリグサ)
(alternative reading hiragana はえとりそう, katakana ハエトリソウ, romaji haetorisō, historical hiragana はへとりさう, historical katakana ハヘトリサウ)

  1. a Venus flytrap
    Synonym: 蠅地獄 (haejigoku)
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